Tragedies and Comedies : A Sammelband of 36 plays, printed 1775 - 1780 (Bound in One Volume.)

William Shakespeare; Nathan Lee; Mr. Havard; Beaumont and Fletcher; W. Whitehead; Theobald; Hoadly; Richard Steele; Gay; Centlivre; Farquhar; Dryden; Samuel Foote; etc.

Harrison & Co.; J. Wenman, 1775

Thick octavo.  Bound in contemporary leather over worn marbled boards.  All edges dyed red.  Solid, but somewhat worn binding and cover.  Scattered foxing.  Includes 36 plays, most with frontispiece illustrations preceding the title.  10 of the plays are by William Shakespeare.  Contemporary signature of Charles Coxwell. Coxwell has hand written the table contents.  The plays are separated into Tragedies: 1. Theodosius, 2. King Charles the First, 3. Philaster, 4. Coriolanus, 5. The Roman Father, 6. Electra, 7. Oedipus, 8. Timon of Athens; and Comedies: 9. The Suspicious Husband, 10. The Funeral or Grief a la Mode, 11. The Beggar's Opera, 12. The Busy Body, 13. The Drummer, 14. As you like it, 15. The Rehearsal, 16. The Merchant of Venice, 17. Rule a Wife, & Have a Wife, 18. The Inconstant, or the Way to Win Him, 19. The Constant Couple, 20. Trip to the Jubilee, 21. The Spanish Friar, 22. The Orators, 23. Taste, 24. The Minor, 25. The Tempest, 26. The Englishman in Paris, 27. The Knights, 28. The Beaux Stratagem, 29. The Conscious Lovers, 30. The Midsummer Night's Dream, 31. Much ado about Nothing, 32. King Henry the 8th, 33. The Merry Wives of Winsor, 34. All's Well, that ends well, 35. The Provoked Wife, 36. The Recruiting Officer.